123rd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 2281		LR 3491(01)
	An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Reorganization of School Administrative Units
	Fiscal Note for Original Bill
	Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
No State fiscal impact
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Providing an exemption from the budget validation referendum process to those regional school units and municipal school units whose proposed budget does not propose to raise more than 5% of the maximum state and local spending target may result in savings to those units as a result of not having to hold the referendum.  However, allowing the exemption from the budget validation referendum process may also result in the local cost of K-12 public education being higher in these regional school units and municipal school units than it would have been had the exemption not been in place.  The impact to the individual school units can not be determined at this time.